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By Carolyn Marnon – You probably pass by the building housing Wayne Family Dental on the corner of Wayne Road and W. Michigan Avenue ever so often. Get to know the people who operate this fine establishment. Dr. Bhavani Swarna is the owner and dentist of Wayne Family...

By Darlene Hawley – Communication is an extremely important part of every individual’s life. We all must communicate with each other to maintain ties with family, friends and the world around us. For many years, mail delivery served as a communication link between...

Ron “Corky” Hays moved to Wayne (Norwayne) in 1956 at the age of 13. He attended Adams Jr. High the first full year it was open (1956), he was in the 8th grade. Deno DeLuca was his gym teacher and basketball coach at Wayne Memorial High School. Mr. DeLuca would let students in...

The William D. Ford Career-Technical Center hosted Robofest 2017 Little Robots, Big Missions on March 30, 2017. The competition consisted of two rounds. In Round 1 each team used a fully autonomous robot to play a game called RoboHit. In the RoboHit game the robots are programmed...

March Reading Month On March 29 and 30, members of the Wayne Masonic Temple, along with their wives, branched out to the first grade classrooms of eleven elementary schools in the Wayne Westland Community School District to present a book to every first grader in the district....

The Wayne Police Department’s Citation Board voted Sergeant Brent Cahill as the 2016 Police Officer of the Year. Sgt. Cahill was awarded a plaque from the Wayne Police Department at the March 22 City Council meeting with family, friends, and fellow officers present....

By Carolyn Marnon – This year the Wayne Memorial Theatrical Guild is presenting Disney and Cameron MacKintosh’s Mary Poppins! The show centers around the troubled Banks family and their experiences with the Practically Perfect nanny, Mary Poppins. According to Drama...

Edna Wootton is celebrating a big birthday this month…she turns 105 on April 22nd. Longtime Wayne resident and currently living in Maple Manor, Edna says she enjoys living at Maple Manor. “The staff take really good care of me, they are like family to me.” Edna moved from...

City Manager Lisa Nocerini announced at the February 21 City Council meeting that Wayne had received a letter from the Department of the Treasury granting the City over $347,000 to be used specifically to convert the city street lights to LED lighting. Gov. Rick Snyder says $5.1...

Nankin Transit Service available to residents Nankin Transit is a connector bus system that offers curb to curb service for seniors and the disabled who reside in Wayne, Westland, Garden City and Inkster. Nankin Transit operates anywhere within the four cities and one mile...